Users in mainland China are flocking to Clubhouse, a rare space outside the country's firewall where they can speak freely with people from Hong Kong and Taiwan
Audio-based social-media platform becomes free-speech haven for mainland users — The Clubhouse app had two million users globally as of Jan. 24. Tweets: @joshschoen , @harry_jerry , @loh , @charlesmok , @kylebrussell , @chingrachelwong , @peterguest , @napolitanodean , @mikeelgan , and @yoda Tweets: Joshua Schoenaker / @joshschoen : @pt @micsolana meanwhile Clubhouse apparently is being used by people who are actually oppressed to speak freely https://www.techmeme.com/... Harpreet Singh / @harry_jerry : They're probably waiting for an invitation to try out the app before they can ban it. https://twitter.com/... Elliot / @loh : Gonna be interesting to see how the filters adapt to this https://twitter.com/... @charlesmok : Clubhouse is alright. Others are not. Don't know why. Chinese flock to freewheeling US chat app Clubhouse - Nikkei Asia https://asia.nikkei.com/... Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell : Clubhouse is going to cause World War 3 https://twitter.com/... Rachel Wong / @chingrachelwong : Check out @michan_hk's piece on the trending audio-only social media platform. Been addicted to these observers, scholars and journalists's days-long marathon discussions on politically sensitive topics that are usually banned inside China's firewall https://twitter.com/... Peter Guest / @peterguest : Will China's censors come for Clubhouse? Interesting take from @michan_hk. I'm interested in how moderation / censorship is going to work in audio, especially across multiple languages and dialects. https://asia.nikkei.com/... Dean Napolitano / @napolitanodean : A GREAT READ: Clubhouse offers a rare space where people from China, Hong Kong & Taiwan can speak freely outside of Beijing's great internet firewall. There is concern that authorities in China will ban it. By @michan_hk in @NikkeiAsia #ClubHouseApp https://asia.nikkei.com/... Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan : This won't last. The Chinese government will shut this down in five... four... three... https://twitter.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : that won't last long. https://twitter.com/...